Contest

Here's another chance for you artists to win a little extra cash and have your artwork noticed from an Xbox 360 and PC title "X-Blades", the Anime Action Spectacular, really electrifies fans of Far Eastern artwork! At the beginning of the year, an artwork contest for the…

With the release of the Windows SideShow Managed API SDK and the Windows SideShow for Windows Mobile Developer Preview, the Windows SideShow Team is encouraging developers to write some great gadgets by partnering up with NVIDIA to sponsor a gadget-writing contest. All finalists will get a trip to…

The Windows Vista Ultimate team has partnered up with TriggerStreet to create one seriously awesome challenge. Their team of pro's (directed by Kyle Newman) has created a 5 minute video and now it's up to YOU to create the next five minutes. Right now, all you have to do is write a…

There's an interesting contest going on now over at www.ultimatevideorelay.com. The idea is to finish a story that an award-winning director, Kyle Newman ("Fanboys" director), has started. Kyle shot the beginnings of a movie in a video called "Act I." Budding filmmakers are then…

Microsoft is currently sponsoring a contest over at Professional Photographer magazine where the winner will get their work on the front cover of the mag, which has a subscription base of nearly 50,000. What a great way to get your work out into the photo community! Entries will be judged on…

Nokia is sponsoring a contest for Xbox Live theme builders, which gives artists the opportunity to have their work offered through the Microsoft Xbox Live Marketplace. Xbox 360 themes let you change what you see on your screen in the Xbox Live Marketplace. Some Xbox 360 themes are free and some cost…

To raise awareness for Microsoft's Live@edu, Microsoft is holding a contest among student software developers to see who can design the best application for Windows Live. You can check out some sample apps on the dev.live.com/mashups pages, which include some already created mashups like 3D Geology…

Molly Holzschlag, Christopher Schmitt and Donavon West have reviewed the 88 designs from 69 entrants and selected the winners.  The MIX08 winning ReStyle designs are:  the simply beautiful Gung Hay Fat Choy, the simply lovely Butterfly Effect and RedFire for the energetic, interesting…

We’ve got RockBand.  We’ve got a real stage, real lights, killer sound and huge plasma screens for playing and watching.  What else do you need?  A tourney, that’s what!Come to play, play to win. Don’t want to compete, but would like to check out the action?  No problem, The…

Are you a healthcare industry solution vendor? Do you want worldwide recognition for your company's good work and the solutions you build using Microsoft technologies? Would you like an opportunity to win prizes including a roundtrip for two to Paris and a guest spot to judge at the Imagine Cup…